WORLD WAR II 1941 1945
THE PACIFIC OCEAN THEATER OF WWII
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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The attack on Pearl Harbor.
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The use of unrestricted submarine warfare by Germany.
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The invasion of Poland by Germany.
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The fall of Paris.
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Detailed explanation-1: -On December 7, 1941, following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, the United States declared war on Japan. Three days later, after Germany and Italy declared war on it, the United States became fully engaged in the Second World War.
Detailed explanation-2: -The relationship between Japan and the United States had soured in the years leading up to Pearl Harbor. This began with the Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, an expansion throughout the Chinese mainland that led to the Second Sino-Japanese war between China and Japan in 1937.
Detailed explanation-3: -But the neutral USA entered World War II only after many months of argument in Congress and among the general public, and only when a Japanese fleet launched a big surprise air raid against its Pacific naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on 7 December 1941.